Because liberals believe the world is out of resources, that the world is gonna die, that we're going to run out of water and we'll have to start eating each other. They don't trust humanity to take care of itself and they believe we are on our own in the universe with no higher power watching out for us. No wonder they are hopeless. They are at the mercy of their superstitions.

Conservatives know none of these things are true, and we have a basic faith in humanity and God. Life is good as long as you work to make it so.

voltOhm:Because liberals believe the world is out of resources, that the world is gonna die, that we're going to run out of water and we'll have to start eating each other. They don't trust humanity to take care of itself and they believe we are on our own in the universe with no higher power watching out for us. No wonder they are hopeless. They are at the mercy of their superstitions.

Conservatives know none of these things are true, and we have a basic faith in humanity and God. Life is good as long as you work to make it so.

I don't think I'd be happy just assigning any 'I don't know' to a mystical sky pervert, but then again, I like thinking. Quite a few people don't, and they're more than happy to have someone tell them it's all about Jebus.

voltOhm:Because liberals believe the world is out of resources, that the world is gonna die, that we're going to run out of water and we'll have to start eating each other. They don't trust humanity to take care of itself and they believe we are on our own in the universe with no higher power watching out for us. No wonder they are hopeless. They are at the mercy of their superstitions.

Conservatives know none of these things are true, and we have a basic faith in humanity and God. Life is good as long as you work to make it so.

Because "conservative" literally means that your position is to defend the current policy/tradition/whatever, and that would be a really odd position to take if you weren't more or less fine with said current conditions?

Whereas "liberal" is generally incorrectly conflated with "radical", meaning that you favor policies that are new in some way, which would likewise be an odd position to take if you were content with how things are going?

Just saying, I think there's some measure of the cause and effect being backward in the very question the analysis is asking, here. They just assume causation goes one way in explaining the correlation, which is sloppy science at best.

//Conservative, right-leaning socialist, if anyone hasn't picked up on that from my bad habit of regularly posting around here.//Going to forego the usual gripe about the actual meaning of "liberal" versus the colloquial usage and grudgingly accept that I knew what TFA meant when they used the word.

voltOhm:Because liberals Leftists believe the world is out of resources, that the world is gonna die, that we're going to run out of water and we'll have to start eating each other. They don't trust humanity to take care of itself and they believe we are on our own in the universe with no higher power watching out for us. No wonder they are hopeless. They are at the mercy of their superstitions.

Conservatives know none of these things are true, and we have a basic faith in humanity and God. Life is good as long as you work to make it so.

If I could just dismiss nuance and say "poor people are poor becuase they're lazy and bad" "The US can do no wrong" "The Free Market Fixes Everything" and "Everyone who doesn't believe what I do is terrible" Oh and "Everyone but people like me is going to hell - god's chosen me" I'd be a whole lot happier too.

So this is where we post what we think about conservatives and liberals? I'll bite. Conservatives are generally hard working and liberals are allergic to hard work/bootstraps and want to redistribute everyone's hard work? Right? Right!?

I'm going to have to go with, ignorance is bliss too. The vast majority of conservatives I have known are grossly misinformed on even the most banal topics beyond the shiny trinkets their corporate masters have provided for their addictions.

voltOhm:Conservatives know none of these things are true, and we have a basic faith in humanity and God. Life is good as long as you work to make it so.

I think it's because liberals and DemocRat partyists know subconsciously that they're bound for hell. God wants to torment them on earth some before handing them over to Satan. Why? For the lulz, of course.

People who self report as Liberal or Conservative could mean any number of things and these might also influence their understanding of happiness.

"Rationalizing inequality" dosent mean anything except as a cheap shot at conservatives. A person who loses a limb and learns to cope with it is "rationalizing inequality."

It might be more accurate to suggest that the current usage of the term "liberal" has more to do with identity and victim politics than with the normal continuim of left to right ideology. Likewise, "conservative" more and more refers to a set of social norms than ideology.

Liberals can't admit they are happy as they would then have to lighten up and not be in a constant state of grievance. For them, being unhappy brings meaning to their lives.

Consrevatives cant admit they are unhappy as they would then have to admit being "bootstrappy" 24/7 dosent work any better than being angry at the man does in bringing meaning to your life.